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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11405
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14364
13 Actual Demand 11123
14 Aggregate Planning 12054
15 Air Cargo 9981
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6570
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34731
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15287
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19088
20 Assembly Line 22095
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22862
22 Average Speed of Answer 26489
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22949
24 Batch Production 38091
25 Bill Discounting 14378
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11091
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7062
28 Blanket Release 9923
29 Bonded Warehouse 9988
30 Booking Number 13653
31 Bottleneck 9412
32 Buffer Stock 58921
33 Build to Stock 12851
34 Bullwhip Effect 9471
35 Business Logistics 25451
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12473
37 Capacity Management 40174
38 Capacity Utilization 13974
39 Capital Intensive 8296
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8608
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12021
42 Certified Supplier 8908
43 Channel Effectiveness 8864
44 Co-Destiny 9201
45 Co-managed Inventory 12372
46 Co-Packers 11681
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6777
48 Computer-Based Training 7621
49 Consular Invoice 19603
50 Container Depot 10530
51 Container Freight Station 10220
52 Continuous Replenishment 19380
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11983
54 Contract Carrier 7278
55 Contract of Affreightment 11329
56 Control Charts 7893
57 Cost Flow 10188
58 Courier Service 15107
59 CPFR 8144
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11698
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43897
62 Date Code 18073
63 Days of Supply 19707
64 Dead on Arrival 9127
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7230
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8019
67 Detective Control 8836
68 Devanning 14137
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10775
70 Dispatching 24258
71 Distributed Inventory 8285
72 Distribution Channel Management 34509
73 Distribution Metrics 8984
74 Distribution Planning 24093
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15093
76 Double Marginalization 52494
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22190
78 Dual 5383
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20497
80 Echelon Inventory 26059
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38157
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49424
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7542
84 Efficient Frontier 25305
85 Engineer-to-Order 31579
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16268
87 Erlang B Formula 9266
88 ETD 8252
89 Ex Works 7777
90 Exception Rate 13370
91 Exponential smoothing 9757
92 External Growth 9979
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9348
94 Field Services 7688
95 Field Warehouse 10018
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8657
97 Fishbone Diagram 14511
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26850
99 Flow Through Distribution 12217
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8084
101 FOB Destination 12938
102 Forward buying 29950
103 Freight Charge 10247
104 Freight Consolidation 7457
105 Gantt Chart 8224
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11626
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29438
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12595
109 Hub 23290
110 Idle Time 7990
 
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